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‘Anything but normal’: Uncertainty as Iranians try to get by amid US war

Iran’s embattled economy. Late on Tuesday, Trump [accused](/news/2026/6/9/trump-says-iran-shot-down-us-helicopters-over-hormuz-vows-to-respond) Iran of shooting down a US military

Muslims begin the annual Hajj against a backdrop of war concerns

Iran, Saturday, May 23, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1700x1700+425+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2F31%2F16187c6a41d49b7aa7ed2795e11d%2Fap26143383264946.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/g-s1-124145/trump-iran-deal-strait-of-hormuz) ### [World](https://www.npr.org/sections/world/) ### [Trump touts Iran

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

Iran not to continue its campaign against Hezbollah. Iran's leaders are demanding that any deal

Israel starts a tense ceasefire in Lebanon. And, Trump nominates a new CDC director.

Iran is set to expire in a few days. Iran has said it would not negotiate

Oil prices rise after Trump says Iranian ship seized

Iran-flagged cargo ship. The Brent crude benchmark oil price rose by 5.4% to $95.27 (£70.62) a barrel

Iranian officials absent from pre-World Cup football events in Canada

Iran’s football federation were not present at the largest formal meeting of Asia’s football

Gulf states urge UN action to ensure Strait of Hormuz safety

Iran with sanctions and other measures if it does not halt attacks on ships in the Strait

French warship moves towards Hormuz for possible defensive mission

Iran. The French Ministry of Armed Forces said on Wednesday the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle

Germany’s Merz downplays rift with Washington despite US troop drawdown

Iran. “I remain convinced that the Americans are the most important partner for us in the North

Israeli leader who pulled out of Lebanon warns against getting stuck again

Iran are closely linked. Iran cited the Israeli attacks in Lebanon as the reason it fired

Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime

Iran. On Tuesday, Donald Trump said he had held off a fresh attack on Iran

Middle East crisis live: Lebanon hit by one of the heaviest days of Israeli bombing in weeks

Iran said the US had [violated a separate truce by striking southern Iran](https://www.theguardian.com

First Thing: Microsoft and Meta cut thousands of staff as they bet big on AI

Iran seizes two container ships** ![Iran’s Revolutionary Guards released footage on Thursday that appeared

U.S. ambassador to Israel says Israel sent Iron Dome batteries, personnel to UAE

Iran, as a shaky ceasefire still holds in the Iran war. However, the narrow Strait

Complex relationship between Trump and Netanyahu continues to undermine Middle East ceasefire

Iran and Israel appears to have been contained for now after Donald Trump insisted he called

Family of British couple jailed in Iran say they have lost contact

Iran say they have lost contact The “terrified” family of a British couple [jailed for 10 years

Indian physicists voice solidarity with Iran, Palestine, Lebanon academics

Iran, Palestine, Lebanon academics A group of prominent Indian physicists specialising in string theory has expressed

Chinese supertankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal

Iran deal Two Chinese oil tankers have left the Strait of Hormuz after waiting in the Gulf

First Thing: Tensions rise over Hormuz as Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’

Iran – and Iran attacked the United Arab Emirates with drones and missiles, setting the oil port

US-Israeli war on Iran will push 30 million back into poverty, UN warns

Iran will push 30 million back into poverty, UN warns The Iran war will push